Proton Preve Hatchback – a sketch of the rear

We’ve seen a number of spyshots of the upcoming Proton Preve Hatchback in the past few months – in March, April and May – all of course with the front and back of the test mules clad in the usual fashion.

There’s a leaked photo that’s been going on the Net showing the car’s rear, likely snapped during an internal showing – based on that, rendering wiz Theophilus Chin decided to come up with this one.

He explains that this looks more like a sketch than a rendering, “not my usual standard or quality” being his words. He explains that he couldn’t find parts to paste onto the Preve sedan, so he had to air-brush most of the rear diffuser and tail lights on in coming up with the Preve Hatchback render.

Nonetheless, it gives us a view of what to expect when the final product eventually breaks cover, and you can compare it with his original renderings of the car here.

Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

I’m not really into this what they call “car craziness” , design , engine type.. etc .. but what i can see the design is quite cool . When people say ‘cedok’ design , a lot of model out there not only from Proton can be considered “cedok” . They put a lot of effort there .

Critics are a bunch of people who can’t walk the talk. Theo’s work or anyone’s in that matter should be respected. As long as there are no plagiarism. And if u wanna criticise someone, make it a positive one. Malaysians are well known for degrading people. Seriously sick of it. Malu sikit la wei…

This result shows Pakatan will never going to win GE, since most Msian here does is not result oriented.
Btw, Proton is Cronies company whom also increase the sugar, roti etc. But I guess most people is ok as long as fish is given, since they dont want to compete.

Really has some hint of Skoda at the rear, not bad actually, it compliments the nicely desugn front-end of the preve than, in my opinion, the half done arse of the sedan, which to me is one of major drawback of the preve’s design. Thou I’m not liking the curve rear glass like the one found on the Kia Rio.
I saw one of those covered test Preve hatch on the NKVE a week back and it looks like it had a full on LED DRL not the half-bright ones of the Preve sedan

Honestly, Proton Preve is good to drive. Quality has improved but need to further improve in interior refinements.
I don’t think i can go back and drive the several Jap. brands that i have been. Ride and handling is simply european and is very comfortable.

Why dont proton give us the preve like the KLIMS 2010. That one more more nicer thhen current preve.
Bukan masalah tak pandai design, masalanya bagi kita design yang kurang cantik.
Any one like the KLIMS 10 version?

You do realize that Theo Chin rendered this based on the actual leaked pic…it just looks different because of the awkward angle of the leaked pic…the real car will look almost identical to Theo Chin’s pic…

I like this car but sayang proton are controlling by DRB..too much controllinglah don’t so kedekutlah..I can see proton workes are works to hard to built the car but DRB have to improve in terms of commercialization and market to make the customer are interested and trusted of the quality proton cars..

A car’s design depends very much on one’s perception of aesthetic.Personally I think the hatchback is quite pleasant at the rear.Technologywise,the Preve can easily trade punches with the best of its peers from the continental,Japan or Korea.Alas, had only Proton could do away with its hit and miss quality issues.

those who didn’t, agree with my comen earlier are those who own a regrettable proton and they wish their car have the up to date features such as vvt like their neighbor’s vios, forte, almera car and even the p2 myvi enjin also have dvvt, timing chain and so on.

As I read the comments, something come to my mind. Generally more than 10 years ago in Malaysia, we all have a stereotype mentallity when it comes to continental cars such as Peugeot, Citroen, Alfa, Fiat & etc, expensive to maintain, often breakdown, bad electricals and so on. But the thing is, if you go to Europe during those periods or meet a Europeon here, they refuse to acknowedge that and still insist that their products are one of the best. I wonder when will we Malaysian ever be proud of our own products and stand by it or are we still having a colonial mentallity hovering in our head that everything foreign is good and everything local is “Lowyah”. Proton design the car the engine and manufactured it on their own. How many countries in the world can claim to that. If everything foreign is good, then i think we must be living in the wrong country then. Instead of finding faults, can’t we for once just be proud of our local engineering achievement.

well that is the problem with Malaysians ,for them the best car is Vios,Huh pleeeaasee

1)The vios is only sold in 3rd &4th world countrys,If its sold in Europe it will not do well ,it is also not sold in Japan,So what does that say ……
2)In terms of safety any Toyotas that are made on the IMV platform (Avanza,Vios,Innova and Yaris) will not even get 3Stars Encap,In Europe the only Toyotas they get Are the Aygo,Rav4,Estima/Previa,Avensis and Landcruiser . and did you notice that there is no camry in Europe,well thats because they get The Avensis which may I add is 10 years ahead of the Camry that is sold in Malaysia .I know its hard to swallow but its true .So Toyota has fulled You guys for so long ha ha

Ahh Before I forget dont be supprised when you see the spec that is offered on the Preve HB it might give you shivers,why I say this is because There is some feature that are new to proton ie

1)Hill Start Release
2)Real DRL lights
3)Traction Control & Esc
4)New Enformation/Audio/Navigation system (There are claims that its run by Android Tech)
5)CFE engine Has been retuned to achive more power

PS :I do agree that the qulity is still far away But Proton always fokuses more on enginearing and safety than Quality which is sad very sad .Will You cant Win em all

The body styling looks like the Chevy Cruze Hatchback, and I when I mean that it looks nice but I just don’t like the fact they hid the exhaust while the Saga FL/FLX left them exposed outside the bumper. Still, nice though.

I am the one who indirectly working in automotive R&D. Even though its look very simple, e.g. changing the car boot, but the influence on car aerodynamics, stability and control, visibility is very big. Often concept car drawn by an artist is much more better than the production model. This is because, artist often do not consider aerodynamics and other technical things. When it comes to production, small alteration to the design is needed to improve the overall car performance. The car then must be tested in the wind tunnel (2 or more for validation), CFD simulation and road test under various driving conditions (including under side wind). We also have to remember that in Malaysia we have limited resources compared to some of big automotive countries that have access to supercomputing, efficient vendor etc. that dragged the R&D process. I am pretty sure, Proton is working in their best to serve the nation and high quality stuff never comes cheap. We should learn from Kia.

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